pugnacious
英 [pʌgˈneɪʃəs] 美 [pʌɡˈneʃəs]

adj.

好战的，好斗的，好挑衅的；

英英释义

pugnacious[ pʌɡ'neiʃəs ]

• adj.
  • tough and callous by virtue of experience

    同义词：hard-bittenhard-boiled

  • ready and able to resort to force or violence

    "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"

    同义词：rough

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. When he was a child, he was pugnacious and fought with everyone.
   他小时候很好斗, 跟每个人都打过架。

权威例句

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